The Barça already studies the dangers that will confront in front of the Athletic

It is in the DNA futbolístico of the Athletic of Bilbao and persist in the contemporary virtues of the rival of the FC Barcelona in the final of the Glass of the King that will contest this Saturday: counterattack, direct game and balloon stopped like offensive threats. These qualities described already have suffered them the Barcelona picture this season, so much in the corresponding commitments to LaLiga that have confronted them as in the final of the Supercopa that the rojiblancos won in January. Ronald Koeman already has clear that will not have to go back to fail in front of the Athletic to attain like this his first title like technician of the Barça.

In the parties of LaLiga, the Barça attained to win by the minimum in Saint Mamés (2-3), but defensivamente suffered the virtues of the lions the day that debuted Marcelino García Toral in the bench rojiblanco: Iñaki Williams anticipated what sucedió the past Saturday in the Classical with Vinicius, that with his stride took advantage of of the defence advanced culé to sign the momentary 1-0. Iker Munían, the most inventive player of the Athletic, annotated the 2-3 after a played of two touch in a recovery advanced.

It was the final of the Supercopa the one who revealed the serious problems that presented the Barça to brake the virtues of the Athletic in the unemployed balloon, especially in the lateral faults, reason by which one of the premises of face to the next final of Glass will be to commit few infringements near of the area defended by Ter Stegen.

In that commitment, to the Athletic cancelled him a so much in an offside of scarce centimetres in a fault executed by Muniain from the left band, finalised by a precise head butt of Raúl García. It meant the 2-2 that carried to the extention the so much that marked Asier Villalibre when anticipating with his left boot to the Barcelona saga after another hit centre of Muniain, this opportunity from the right.

Greater benefit in long that in short

To value the importance that gives him the Athletic to the chances of unemployed balloon attacking, suffices to compare with which end executes his shots of equina, according to the statistics of LaLiga. Of the 167 corners bounced, 117 have looked for some cabeceador, taking out 50 in short. By his part, the Barça has had to his disposal 187 corners, of which 101 have been in short. The team rojiblanco follows thinking that this resource is 'half goal', as before it was used to to say. For the Barça, seems more a played of continuity: it bends in kickoffs in short to the Athletic (101 by 50), having launched 20 kickoffs of corner more.